[Mobile Games] The best mobile games of 2023 so far (May 2023)

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The best mobile games of 2023 so far (May 2023)
By Catherine Dellosa | 4 days ago
iOS + Android

Updated on May 3rd, 2023
Here it is: the list of the best mobile games of 2023 so far! We'll be adding more reviews as the games get released, so make sure to bookmark this page and check it every now and then. You can also have a look at the best mobile games of 2022 if you're feeling a little nostalgic!

ALL THE MOBILE GAMES WE'VE REVIEWED IN 2023
Every year, we review hundreds of new mobile games, picking out the cream of the crop for you to play. It's not as easy a process as you might think. For a start, there's definitely no time to review everything - our editors and reviewers look through the stacks of titles released each month and pick out those which we think have the most promise. There are tens of thousands of mobile games released every year, and we only have so much time.
So, even before games are reviewed, they're filtered through on multiple levels before that selection. But, with us doing so many reviews each year, we thought it was sensible to create this resource, so that you can, at a quick glance, see the best mobile games of 2023 by review ranking.

We'll let you in on what might be quite a well-known secret: the teams at Steel Media (that's Pocket Gamer, Pocket Gamer France, 148Apps, App Spy, and more) really love mobile games - as well we should, because we've been reviewing them for over 15 years now, or, if you want to do that weird thing people do where they add up the collective years to get an obscene number, the sites have been reviewing mobile games for over fifty years collectively...

That means that there's a lot of knowledge in these halls, and it also means that we are quite precise when it comes to picking which ones we do decide to review.

Below you will find - by awarded score and within that, alphabetical order - each of the games we've chosen to review this year so far. Decide for yourself which of them are the best mobile games of 2023!

5 Star - 10/10 - Pocket Gamer Platinum Award
More games to come this year!
4.5 Star - 9/10 - Pocket Gamer Gold Award
Flash Party review - February 15th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Highwater review - March 15th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Laya's Horizon review - May 2nd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Pickle Pete review - March 6th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Raging Bytes review - April 25th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Roundguard review - April 25th, 2023 - 148Apps
Sands of Salzaar review - January 23rd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Sid Meier’s Railroads review - May 2nd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Super Meat Boy Forever review - April 20th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Ten Dates review - February 14th, 2023 - 148Apps
Ten Dates review - February 17th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Terra Nil review - March 28th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
The Legend of Tianding review - March 31st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home Netflix review - January 31st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari DLC review - April 22nd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Wavecade review - January 18th, 2023 - 148Apps
4 Star - 8/10 - Pocket Gamer Silver Award
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Brotato review - April 3rd, 2023 - 148Apps
Cursed Labyrinth -Hack & Slash review - March 9th, 2023 - 148Apps
Gomorrah review - February 24th, 2023 - 148Apps
Happy Game review - February 7th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
How We Know We're Alive review - March 20th, 2023 - 148Apps
Madness/Endless review - February 7th, 2023 - 148Apps
Mighty Quest Rogue Palace review - April 18th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Omega 13 review - January 25th, 2023 - 148Apps
Perfect Grind review - January 18th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Pine Tar Poker review - January 19th, 2023 - 148Apps
Postknight 2 review - March 23rd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Rocco's Island: Pocket Edition review - February 22nd, 2023 - 148Apps
Roller Drama review - January 25th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Roundguard review - April 25th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Tap Shap review - February 17th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Tomb Raider Reloaded review - February 17th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge review - January 18th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
TriviaLinked review - April 18th, 2023 - 148Apps
3.5 Star - 7/10 - Pocket Gamer Bronze Award
Beecarbonize review - March 14th, 2023 - 148Apps
Boxville review - January 30th, 2023 - 148Apps
Cuttlefish review - May 1st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Eversoul review - February 23rd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
How We Know We're Alive review - March 21st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
IDEA review - March 10th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
LEGO Bricktales review - April 27th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Orange review - April 14th, 2023 - 148Apps
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo review - March 30th, 2023 - 148Apps
Perfect Grind review - January 18th, 2023 - 148Apps
Punch Kick Duck review - February 9th, 2023 - 148Apps
Punch Kick Duck review - March 1st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Roller Drama review - February 2nd, 2023 - 148Apps
Scenic Route's Generations review - April 27th, 2023 - 148Apps
Settlement Survival review - April 10th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
TriviaLinked review - April 18th, 2023 - 148Apps
UFO99 review - January 24th, 2023 - 148Apps
Ultra Blade review - March 2nd, 2023 - 148Apps
Vlobs review - March 22nd, 2023 - 148Apps
Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden review - April 12th, 2023 - 148Apps
3 Star - 6/10
Avatar Generations review - February 7th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Delete After Reading review - March 17th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Domingo review - March 15th, 2023 - 148Apps
EISEN review - March 10th, 2023 - 148Apps
Paths: Beatrice's Adventure review - April 21st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Resonance of the Ocean review - January 6th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
Ultimate Sackboy review - February 21st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
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2.5 Star - 5/10
Endling - Extinction is Forever review - February 15th, 2023 - 148Apps
Water 2050 review - April 5th, 2023 - 148Apps
And that's it for now - the best mobile games of 2023 so far. Be sure to keep checking back, either to the sites or here, because we'll continue to pick out the best of the best going forward.

 

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